Institutional Change in Upstream Innovation Governance

The book takes issue with the changing role of government in devising and applying science, technology and innovation (STI) policies in a late-comer economy. South Korea is presented as a point in case, due to its astonishing ascent from a developing nation in the 1960s, to an emerging market in the 1980s and a high-technology powerhouse of our days. Which incentives have kept the government focused on productivity-enhancing STI policies? And why should Korea's national innovation system be reconfigured to fully prepare for the technological challenges of the 21st century? An institutional economics perspective complemented by expert interviews shows that organizations and institutions concerned with STI policy-making in Korea have co-evolved simultaneously mainly driven by the timing of presidential election cycles. The book contains a summary in Korean.

Auteur

Dominik F. Schlossstein has researched Koreäs technology policies since 2004, as a visiting fellow with the Science and Technology Policy Institute in Seoul and as a consultant for the Ministry of Science and Technology. He has published several articles on the subject in international journals.

Contenu

Contents: The public governance of innovation as an emerging research field Economic rationales for government intervention in fostering innovative processes Theoretical explanations for the emergence and change of upstream innovation governance Properties of upstream innovation governance Capacity building in Koreäs upstream innovation governance over time Conclusion: Co-evolution of institutions and organizations in Koreäs upstream innovation governance Summary in Korean.